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The Hunger Games - Book and Film

3 Pages 769 Words January 2015

By comparing and contrasting "The Hunger Games" novel and film, one can see that the film was effective in conveying some themes, and was not effective in conveying others. Although the movie and the book’s plot are almost identical; there are a few subtle differences between The Hunger Games book and The Hunger Games movie that alter the storyline dramatically.
The movie “The Hunger Games” was interestingly modified in order to interpret several concepts that cannot be presented in a written fashion. To exemplify this, the movie could have all of the ideas Suzanne Collins wrote, but could not be incorporated into the movie the same way as the book. This was modified so the viewers could understand the many ideas she wrote. A good representation of that is the game arena can be controlled by the Gamemakers to do whatever it is told like move or spawn obstacles and items anywhere in the playing field. Gamemakers can also create whatever mutation they want and put it anywhere within the playing field with a touch of a button. Once released, the mutations come alive. As this scene in the movie has a lot of visual aspects, this could not be represented the same way as in the book.
The Hunger Games book and The Hunger Games movie share some superficial similarities. The quote “May the odds may ever your favor” (Collins, 19) is the reoccurring phrase that was in the book appears thought the movie much like “Katniss, the girl who was on fire.” (Collins 38) This phrase was originally words people use to joke about the Hunger Games but it turned out not so funny when they finally realized that it was very devastating and the odds were not in their favor. This phrase was quietly portrayed when Gale told Katniss his name was entered into the reaping forty-two times so his siblings and his mom have no chance of getting chosen of participating in the Hunger Games.
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